Remix of our track "Some Kind Of Return".
The original can be listened to here:
https://soundcloud.com/cat-came-back/some-kind-of-return

Oh, to find the answer to it 
Some way to make the pieces fit 
Clear space and freedom 
Clear space, enough to think 
Why does the girl not take control 
Is there any answer to it 
Why does the girl not take control 
Is there any answer 

I had a feeling that you’d been lost 
You took some time to return 
And in the place that you’d been gone 
Was there any answer there 

You took it to the mountains 
Took it to the ocean 
And you flung it on the breeze 
Why does the girl not take control 
She found the one 
That she’d looked long for 
Made the pieces fit 
Gave the answer yes 
She’d never even dared to dream he could exist 
And when she found herself at his door 
She gave away the rest.

Some Kind Of Return (Clear Space Mix)

Wish To Spring (additional) ; Solo #5

Rock & Roll and Me

Little House Studios - Jay Daniels - Our Hearts Ballet

Air pads

Remaster of a track from a few years ago. 
This was really an excuse to play some Hendrix riffs. I tried to fit as many Hendrix musical and lyrical references as I could within the silly story. It probably only makes sense if you are a big fan like me.
 It is also my tribute to an amazing, visionary musician who has remained an influence  all my life.

The Hendrix Switch

Well I was walking through the crowds
With a pint of dark and mild
When a little man came up to me
Said he was a voodoo chile

His skin was green
And his eyes were blue
He said follow me 
I didn’t know what to do

The palms of his hands were hairy
I thought… better be wary

The crowd parted in his path 
As he made his way through the throng 
I followed close behind him, thinking
I bet this looks wrong

Floating just above the ground
He led me to the restroom
I went inside and found him there
Sitting serenely on a mushroom

My God.. the palms of his hands were hairy

He asked me who is the greatest one of all
I said Hendrix the lord and master
He answered with a smile
And passed me the note that led to my disaster


It said, “Hey-ho
Would you like to play like Jimi in a day”
I said hey-ho 
You better believe me right now

In the note was a diagram
Showing, beneath the scratchpate on a strat
Beneath the wires and cables and the pickups and the pots,
A small switch

It said “hey hoe
That’s the Jimi switch right now”
It said “hey hoe
You better take this omen down
Drink it down with your brown “

A purple haze came into my eyes

Well I ran straight home 
And took my strat from the rack
I took off the scratchplate 
And removed the plate from the back

And there before me, with an eery glow,
Was the Hendrix switch.
I thought.. I must have a go….

A purple haze came into my eyes
I didn’t know if  I was dazed or right
It got me blowing
Blowing my nose
Is it tomorrow or are the curtains closed

So a threw the switch in wild delight
My fingers flew like birds in flight
Was I happy
Or in misery
Whatever it was that switch had put a spell on me

So I played for hours
I played all ways
Through long, hot, summer nights,
I dreamed away rainy days

But when I tried to stop 
My hand would not let go
My brain said yes
But my fingers said no

Before I knew it my Strat rose up
And was behind my head in one smooth slinky jump

Get down I asked it, get down I cried
All to no avail as it slipped down my backside

I played with a pick and I played with my teeth
Thank god I was wearing thick clothes with no access beneath

My fingers were bloodied, my shoulders were bruised
My knuckles were red and my fingernails oozed


I needed to stop, I needed to rest
When I noticed the note laying there on a chest

At the foot of the page, in bright purple ink
Was a warning I’d missed in my failiure to think 

“Beware you lazy dumb son of a bitch
 When you once put it on, there is no off switch”

So I’ll play that guitar to the ending of days
When all light and all time and all things fade away

And if you are tempted to take a short cut
All you desperately need is a kick up the butt

Remember
“Beware, you lazy dumb son of a bitch
When you once put it on, there is no off switch”

The Hendrix Switch - Remaster 25 11 20

Honor the TIde        

Janine Levinson 2021
Guitars by the wonderful Jonathan Beckenstein @jonathan_beckenstein

The ebb and the swell and the push and the pull
You’re aware of the tide or you’re not
The flickering voices that whisper the answers
Won’t bother to wonder the ears that you’ve got

You will flow or resist, go along or be pissed
You will honor the tide or you won’t
And the feelings you feel go as far as your skin
While the water just crushes your bones
The water just crushes your bones

In times of confusion and heavy persuasion
You’ll lie down and give, or you won’t
As pungent reminders flow down through the rafters
And you choose to swallow or shut down the whole

They will flow or resist, go along or be pissed
They will honor the tide or they won’t
And the feelings they feel go as far as your skin
While the water just crushes their bones
The water just crushes their bones     

It’s the way of the world,  It’s the way that things are
You will honor the tide or you won’t
You’re the tiniest speck on the tiniest star
And it really don’t matter, cause we really don’t

We will flow or resist, go along or be pissed
We will roll with the tide or we won’t
And the feelings we feel go as far as the sky
But the water still crushes our bones
The water still crushes our bones
The water still  crushes our bones

Honor The Tide - With Jonathan Beckenstein

Through The Galaxy

A Million Lightyears From Home

"Solid Ground" 

Music, vocals, and lyrics by me:
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One day maybe you’ll understand
What it really means to be a stranger
A stranger in a land you were born in
And have the strength to stand for everyone 

To stand up for yourself 
To never be afraid
To face this bitter crowd 
To be on solid ground

One day maybe you’ll realize
That everytime you lie you’ll be a stranger
A stranger to the one who really needs you
A stranger to the ones on solid ground 

Stand up for yourself 
Don't be afraid of everyone
Only thing that matters is what you really are 
And if you have the strength to stay on solid ground… 

Doesn't matter what they say 
Only thing that matters is what you are 
Doesn't matter what they do 
Only thing that matters is who you are

Solid Ground

Adjusting My Attitude

Deep Dive

Playing with emotions like a troubled ventriloque
Obscene, serene, empowered by visions of glory and confidence
Among all people, condemned to a temporary existence, 
Life and Love succumb to temptation
No demonstration, the conclusion is simple
 
There's no cure, no way to fix this,
I'm inspired by beauty, such beauty that resembles a sickness
Fragile, confused and unkind
Religiously blind and shallow

Alter ego decadent
 providential confident

All mortals are immoral beings,
Endeavour to defend ideas
Secretly kept in a system of beliefs
Guarded by demons and angels, playing the martyrs
In sanity, in fighting, 
With thunders and lightnings, 
In dark rooms and alleys covered by billions of steps, each one closer to Love and Death

Alter ego decadent
 providential confident

#darkwave #coldwave #electronic #atmospheric #existentialism 

Alter Ego Decadent

James Carr is a singer songwriter that is not afraid to pour his heart and soul into a song. His knack for story telling and connecting with audiences draws them in to be part of the experience. He has been the singer in many bands over the years spanning both coasts of the United States.